DYING TO TELL ME- Australian release date 1 February 2014

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A town that doesn’t want her.
            A ghost that won’t leave her alone.
                         Dreams that mean life or death.

When Sasha’s policeman dad takes up a remote country posting, she falls and hits her head on the very first day. So when their new pet, retired police dog King, starts communicating with her, she puts it down to her concussion.
But more strange things start to happen. Who is the greasy-haired man she keeps seeing? Why is the local art dealer so nasty? And who killed Mrs Alsopp and set her house on fire?
When Sasha ‘sees’ the burning house in a dream, it’s not enough to save the elderly woman. But the beaten man she sees in the old police cell is already dead – isn’t he? Together, Sasha and King must solve the mysteries of Manna Creek, and save the one person she thought she could rely on.

Published in USA by KaneMiller - 2011 (hardback)
Australian publication - 1 February 2014 (paperback) - available through Dennis Jones & Assoc (distributor) or your library supplier.

ISBN 978 0987 5353 13

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BOOK TRAILER!

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Teaching Notes available here.

Author interview about the book.

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There is a special Facebook page for Dying to Tell Me with photos of settings (old Victorian towns, Australian bush, police dogs etc). I would love you to Like this page!

Below - the first police dog I met, who inspired King in the novel - this is Ben and his handler, Constable Simon Robertson (NZ Police).

And here is a police dog in training.

For more photos and background, go to the Facebook page!